Improvement in snap-hook



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WALTER S. FURLOW, OF GENESEO, ILLINIS.

Letters Patent lVo. 67,746, dated August 13, 1867,

IMPROVEMENT IN SNAP-HOOK.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WALTER S. FURLOW, of Geneseo, in the county ofHenry, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Snap-Hook; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will en'able those skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which-Figure 1 is a side view of my improved snap-hook.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same taken through the line gnx, iig. 1.

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view of the saine taken through the liney y, iig. 2.

Similar letters ot` reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an improved snap-hook, simplein construction, not liable to get out of order, not liable to freeze upin cold weather, and which can be manufactured at a. small expense; andit consists in the combination of the parts of the hook made in the formherein shown and described, and the rubber ring or band, with eachother, as hereinafter more fully described. i

A and B are the main parts of the body of the hook, the rear ends ofwhich are made broad, and are bevelled off upon their inner sides, asshown in iig. 2, so that the hook may be opened by pressing the saidends together. The parts A and B are kept in their proper relativepositions by dowel-pins C attached tothe inner side of the one part, andentering holes in the other pa-rt, as shown in fig. 2. The pins C formthe pivots upon which the parts of the hook move in opening and closing.The forward end or hook of 'the one part is made longer than that of theother part, so that the opening may be at one side, and it has asemicireular tenon formed upon its end, which fits into a semicireularrecess formed in the end oi' the other part, 'as shown in gs. 2 and 3.The parts and B are held together or locked by the rubber ring or band Dpassed around the shank of the Suid parts, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. Eis a slot formed through the body of the parts A and B, in front-of thedowel or pivoting-pin C, through which is passed the strap to which thesnap-hook is attached.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentl An improvedsnap-hook, formed by the combination of the parts A 'and B, constructedsubstantially as herein shown and described, and rubber or equivalentband D, with each other, as and for the purpose set forth.

The above specification of my invention .signed by me this 6th day ofMay, 1867.

' WALTER S. FURLOW.

Witnesses:

WALTER THOMAS,- J. C. RocKwELL.

